VETERANS ADMINISTRATION-ARMY COOPERATIVE STUDY OF PULMONARY FUNCTION .1. CLINICAL SPIROMETRY IN NORMAL MEN
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION-ARMY COOPERATIVE STUDY OF PULMONARY FUNCTION .1. CLINICAL SPIROMETRY IN NORMAL MEN
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9343(61)90096-1
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发表时间:
1961-01-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
SYNER, JC
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作者:
KORY, RC;BOREN, HG;SYNER, JC
A standardized procedure for clinical spirometry is described which was formulated by a Veterans Administration-Army Cooperative Group for pulmonary function testing. Spirometric studies of 468 normal men were contributed by fifteen participating pulmonary function laboratories. The nineteen parameters measured were tabulated and analyzed with the aid of an electronic computer. Mean values and standard deviations were calculated for each measurement. A product-moment correlation matrix was constructed which shows the relationship of each measurement to the other eighteen measurements. Of the several physical measurements, age and height showed the highest correlations with VC, FEVo.5, FEVl.O and MVVF. Regression equations for these ventilatory measurements were constructed upon age and height. A nomogram is presented which can be used to obtain simultaneously the predicted normal values for VC, FEV0.5, FEV and NVVF. Cross validation of the prediction formulas with two sets of independent data demonstrates that the Veterans Administration-Army prediction formulas have retained their reliability and have the highest cross-validation coefficients of any formulas now available. The weakness implicit in the use of BSA in constructing prediction formulas for spirometric measurements is discussed.